"Finally, my farm can grow Senior Rank Spirit Plants!" Rezen exclaimed in excitement.

After a lot of effort and schemes, his farm could finally grow Senior Rank spirit plants. With this, he would have more trump cards and not only that, once he was able to prove that his modified berries can really corrupt Senior Beasts, money and treasures would definitely be given to him as if they were water.

Granted, his farm can only grow Spirit Plants at the second cycle of the Senior Rank, and that would also be the limit of the magic beasts he could corrupt with the modified ghost berries, but this was just the beginning!

This was just the result of receiving a few hundred thousand mid-grade mana stones and a hundred treasures of heaven and earth. If he were to receive even more mid-grade mana stones, his farm definitely would grow even more.

"Ivy, if I plant my modified ghost berries that can corrupt second-cycle Senior Beasts, how long would it take to mature?" Rezen inquired.

In the past, his farm was at the peak of the Junior Rank. Any Junior Rank spirit plants he grows, regardless of what they are or what cycle they are could grow immediately.

However, his farm is currently only at the early stage of the Senior Rank. As such, it definitely wouldn't be as fast.

After all, prior to reaching the peak of the Junior Rank, Rezen had to wait for days before his spirit plants matured. The time definitely would be lower now that the spirit plants he would plant are one rank higher.

"By using seeds of spirit plants at the Senior Rank, it would take three days for the spirit plants to grow into maturity. By using seeds of spirit plants at the Junior Rank and waiting until the plants reached the Senior Rank, it would take more than a week" Ivy, the little fairy, replied to Rezen.

"Three days or more than a week. The three days are preferable so that I can store a lot early on and bluff my way, but I cannot ask for seeds of ghost berries, as it would look suspicious. My so-called Innate Magic already gathered some suspicions, considering that there were no magic circles when I used it."

"If not for the fact that the modified ghost berries appeared without any sign that I used a spatial ring, and also the fact that they hadn't discovered the same variant of berries in the wild, no one would believe that I really have an Innate Magic."

"I can only settle on waiting for more than a week. In any case, when the Junior spirit plants grew into Senior spirit plants, the seeds I could harvest would be at the Senior Rank as well."

Considering that Rezen only has a few weeks to show results, he immediately started planting. Unlike in the past, when he was still in the Earth Realm, where he had to manually do the planting, it was way easier now.

With a wave of his hand, he can use simple magic to part the soil to make holes. With wind magic, the seeds will be carried directly into the small pits before they are covered by soil once again.

If Rezen wants to water the spirit plants despite the fact that he really didn't need to, a simple water magic would suffice.

This was a testimony of how much he had grown. In the past, he was just an Apprentice Mage in a broken realm. He couldn't even use magic back then without using Mystic Gems, and the magic he could unleash had a fixed form.

A fireball will always be a fireball because that was the spell he used. But here, with a wave of his hand, he could summon flames without the need of a magic circle. With another wave of his hand, he could control the flames to gather and make a simple fireball or the more complex shape of arrows.

This was the difference between the Earth Realm with broken laws and the Savage Beast Realm with intact and complete laws. The difference was evident.

A wave of nostalgia hit Rezen once more. He doesn't know why, but he feels like he is becoming more emotional than usual.

The number of times he recalled memories he had in the Earth Realm increased as if it were a warning. A calm before the storm.

"Brother Claude... if you survive and we meet again, will you be angry at me?"

"I know your personality; it has always been for the greater good. You are kind to the weak and the innocent, but if killing a single weak and innocent person is the only way to save two people, you will not hesitate to kill. You are that kind of person."

"You are someone who can sacrifice yourself for the masses, not to mention me. I stole the Earth Realm's origin energy for the chance to break free and enter the universe. You surely are angry, right?"

"Right now, you might even be fantasizing about killing me. I don't want that, but I would prefer it if you were alive, even if you want to kill me"

A wave of loneliness hits Rezen. While he developed relations in his stay in the Savage Beast Realm, the people he met in the Earth Realm were still different. They are... home.

Rezen took a deep breath to calm himself. His goal currently is to grow stronger and revive his parents.

In the future, if he were strong enough, he would do his best to save the Earth Realm, but not now, he is currently too weak to do such a thing!

—-

Weeks passed, and the agreed-upon time arrived. The Guardian of Humanity didn't waste any time. Just as he promised, he really did visit Elder Priss's residence once more. He even brought a chained first-cycle Senior Rank beast with him.

Whether Rezen's claims were true or not, that is something that could easily be proven. Just bring a Senior Beast and let Rezen corrupt it.

If he was successful, then great, he did not lie. But if he failed then...

"Sir Guardian" Rezen greeted respectfully as soon as the Guardian arrived, and the latter nodded his head while going straight to the point.

"Show me. Show me that you can corrupt a Senior Beast" the Guardian said, his tone not asking for permission but more of ordering.

He might be kind most of the time, but this matter is of utmost importance. The resources he provided to Rezen might not be of the highest standard, but they are not cheap.

If used to nurture mages, they could support quite a number of them.

For humanity as of the moment, resources are equal to power, and more power is equal to a higher chance for survival.

This is a sensitive period, and no one was allowed to make such a big lie for the sake of resources.

"Gladly" Rezen calmly replied. He was not afraid of being caught lying since he was not lying.

He has 100% confidence in his farm. Even now, aside from a 'mere' Senior Mage who was Elder Priss, no one has ever discovered his farm. And even that is not something Rezen is 100% sure of whether the Elder really knows.

As for the Guardian, he didn't show any signs that he had discovered Rezen's farm. With such an overpowered golden finger, Rezen is not afraid that his crops wouldn't deliver what was promised!

With confidence, Rezen walked towards the magic beast that was struggling to break free of its chains and regain freedom. Too bad for it that no matter what it does, it failed to break the shackles binding it.

It was no different than a chicken that was about to be slaughtered for its meat.

With a flick of his fingers, Rezen threw the skull-like modified ghost berry, and it landed precisely on the wailing magic beast's forehead.

As soon as he did so, it was as if he smeared a drop of black ink on water and stirred it. The skull was easily absorbed by the magic beast.

From the beast's forehead, its body started to turn black. The corruption started from the forehead, then to the face, to the head, down to the beast's neck and entire body.

It didn't take that long before the struggling beast completely became black in color before it became translucent.

In a short time, Rezen managed to prove that he was indeed not lying. His so-called Innate Magic can grow strong enough to corrupt even Senior Beasts!

"Currently, I can only corrupt at most a Senior Rank beast in the second cycle. A beast above that is impossible. However, once I grow stronger, my Innate Magic can also be strengthened easier"

"If I have enough resources, not to mention a second-cycle Senior Beast, I could corrupt even magic beasts at the peak Senior Rank"

Rezen stated. While this was not an Innate Magic, it was true that in time and with enough resources, even peak Senior beasts can be corrupted!